Zhen Sui destroyed the rebel Hu on the shore of Mangshui, and chased him to the foot of Taibai Mountain in one go, and in the process, he brazenly discovered that many of the rebel Hu were actually Guanzhong standard weapons!

After Pei Gai had relatively abundant financial resources, he attached great importance to the standardization of weapon manufacturing, because only standard weapons were convenient for storage, transportation, and even use, and once damaged, it was easier to repair - especially for crossbow machines and the like, all parts were required to be able to replace each other. Therefore, for a general in Guanzhong like Zhen Sui, who has fought an old war, whether a weapon is from the workshop in Guanzhong or not, there is no need to search for the inscription at all.

After the war, a lot of enemy weapons were collected, most of them were very rude, and there were even those who cut wood for soldiers, but there were also more than 300 iron knives and spears of the Guanzhong standard. It is true that Zhen Sui was defeated before and lost more than 200 people, but it is impossible for all the equipment of these 200 people to fall into the hands of the rebel Hu, and even if he is really served by the rebel Hu, it is still not enough to reach this number.

So how did these things end up in the hands of the traitors? Zhen instinctively decided that this was lost from Hanzhong.

Guanzhong standard weapons, when Yang Hu was still guarding Hanzhong, it was once imported by Yu Ling and other merchants in small quantities in exchange for grain, and then Zhou visited to occupy Hanzhong, and sent Tao Zhan north to Chang'an, asking for assistance. Then Zhou Yu sent troops into the mountains to suppress Di, it is inevitable that many weapons will fall into the hands of the Di people, and these defeated people will cross the mountains and enter the customs, inciting chaos, so it is reasonable to bring weapons over.

Zhen Sui didn't care, and Tao Zhen, who came immediately, learned about it, but he couldn't help but be concerned, and hurriedly reported it to Tao Kan. The key is that these weapons have been imported into Hanzhong in the past two years, and Tao Zhan, who has passed through, actually fell into the hands of thieves, was it a pure battle battle to be taken? Are there any drawbacks? If this matter gets bigger, Tao Zhan is afraid that he will be contaminated with filth.

Tao Kanxuan informed Pei Wei of this matter, but Pei Wei said: "This matter may not be blamed on Dao Zhen Tao Zhan). ”

In fact, before this, he had already heard some rumors, since he had captured a lot of rebels and obtained those weapons, he could follow this clue to investigate in depth☆ The final conclusion is that the main responsibility is on the Ministry of Commerce's Peng Lu Lu Xiu!

The trade between Guanzhong and Hanzhong was mainly through merchants such as Yu Ling—especially in the Yang Hu era, so that the ridicule of the enemy could be avoided—but the number of weapons wrapped around the Ministry of Industry and the official delivery of the Ministry of Commerce showed thousands of discrepancies in the books.

The quality of Guanzhong's standard weapons is very good, and it is naturally a strong hand in the troubled times, all forces hope to be able to obtain it, and the businessmen also hope to be able to make this transaction∈ the problem is that Pei should strictly control the export of weapons, except for Yang Hu, it is strictly forbidden to trade to other forces - including the Rong Department in his own jurisdiction - weapon export, the big head is in Luoyang, the crab is in Hanzhong, and thousands of pieces are sent to the Zhang family in Liangzhou, and these official businesses, if they want to pass through the merchants, are all monopolized by Yu Ling.

Pei Wei investigated the truth, and after Luther took office as the Ministry of Commerce, he seized thousands of weapons and secretly transferred them to merchants to make profits. As for where the merchants took these goods, it is completely impossible to find out - but it is reasonable that they will eventually fall into the hands of the rebels.

Pei Wei could have immediately cured Luther's sin - at least he was suspended for investigation - in order to urge Pei Gai to return early, he failed to do so, and sent the impeachment letter directly in front of Pei Gai. The ostensible reason is that Lu De is the former official of the Great Sima and has followed him since the time of Jiangdong, so how to punish him should be decided by the Great Sima.

And after Pei Gai returned to Chang'an, Pei Wei presented the investigation and related files, and Pei Gai read it at a glance, with a faint gloom in his eyes.

Luther was originally a native of Jurong, born in a lonely and poor background, but he had read for a few days, and when Pei should be in the south of the Yangtze River, he was given the property by the Dan Lake, and he took the opportunity to hug his thighs and became the head of the village; When Pei Gai gained a firm foothold in Xu Fang, Lu De simply crossed north and relied on each other, and was first appointed as the lieutenant of Diannong, in charge of Tuntian. In Pei Gai's view, this person can be leveled, has a greedy personality, is accustomed to being flattering and arrogant, and really can't be regarded as a good official, just because there is not enough talent in his hands, so he pinched his nose and appointed Luther.

However, after following a few years, although Luther had no merit, he also worked hard, and he couldn't do anything hard, and he didn't poke a big leak, so the twelve departments were built, and the Ministry of Commerce was empty and lacked people. He mainly liked Luther's low background, and he was accustomed to dealing with peddlers and pawns, or the position of the Ministry of Commerce—if he was replaced by a scholar who was born in the middle of the family, and habitually nostrils turned to the sky when facing merchants, how could he be able to attract merchants from all directions, straighten out the commercial system, and then revitalize domestic commerce?

Relatively speaking, the Ministry of Commerce is a fat shortage, so Pei Gai has also warned Luther many times, saying that you are from my humble time, so pay the heavy responsibility, I don't ask you to make extraordinary achievements, but I hope to abide by the law and don't be dazzled by money. But who would have thought that Lu Xiu didn't listen to good advice and persuasion, and finally embarked on the road of no return

Pei should ask Pei Wei first: "Where is Ziyu?" Why is this matter being tried by my uncle? "Pei Shu is engaged in intelligence work, and is responsible for both external secret investigation and internal supervision, so if he finds that Luther has a problem, he should preside over the investigation, why is this thick pile of files purely out of the hands of Changshi Mansion, so I didn't see Pei Xu's opinion on this?

Pei Wei replied with his hand: "The minister ordered Ziyu to go east to Luoyang, so as to probe the military situation in Xingyang nearby, so as not to win once there is a change." The corners of Pei Gai's mouth twitched slightly, and he said in his heart that it was false to let Pei Xu investigate the military situation, and it was true to secretly investigate the movements of China and North Korea - but he didn't say anything, just ordered: "Call Luther quickly!" ”

Luther is not a giant traitor, his corruption methods are actually very rough, otherwise he would not have been started by Pei Wei from the account book in the department, and in less than ten days, he easily found out the truth. Therefore, Lu Luxiu was still ignorant of the incident in the east window, and when he heard the summons of Da Sima, he hurriedly straightened out his clothes and rushed over by car.

After boarding the hall, just after the salute, Pei Gai didn't say a word, and threw the case file in front of Luther" Lu Xiu unfolded it and took a look, and couldn't help but be frightened, but it was irrefutable, so he had to quickly kneel and beg for mercy. Pei should ignore him, but turned his head and asked Pei Wei: "According to the law, how should his crime be punished?" ”

Pei Wei replied expressionlessly: "The embezzlement is small, and the crime of selling arms privately is big, so you should abandon the market according to the law." ”

When Luther heard this, he was completely frightened, and kowtowed again and again and begged: "The villain knows that his sins are not forgiven, but I hope that Ming Gongnian is a first offense, and he has saddled up the horse and served Ming Gong for many years, and spared the villain's life!" There is an eighty-year-old mother on the person, "I was familiar with the words when I was a single child in the past, and as soon as I opened my mouth, I knew that it was not appropriate - who are some people in your family, how can Pei Ying not know?"

Hearing what he said, Pei Wei couldn't help but show contempt on his face - sure enough, he was a cheap breed, just what you called him, why should he still be a slave? How can there be the slightest demeanor of an official?!

Pei Gai also felt a little disgusted, so he asked in a deep voice, "Do you want to live?" ”

"Nature's Desire"

"Before and after the ordnance, which merchants are sold privately, if you are willing to know the confession and the examination is true, I will remember your hard work for many years, and the net will be opened!"

When he first saw the dossier, Pei Gai couldn't help but be furious, and immediately wanted to severely punish Luther, thinking that it was a warning to others. But after thinking about it, Pei Wei singled out Luther, not necessarily out of public intentions and selflessness

Among the three armies of the Great Sima, there were a large number of old and rough people, and as for the Guan Chinese officials, most of them were still wealthy scholars, such as the twelve tribes, and half of them were You, Xin and other second-rate Guanxi menphenol brothers. Among them, only Luther was the lowest, and his colleagues often looked at each other coldly and despised him, and the status of the Ministry of Commerce was always the tail of the crane because of this. Presumably because of this, Pei Weizhi's examination of Luther will be so attentive.

If he killed Luther according to the law, although he took advantage of the will of the people, he was afraid that he would chill the hearts of Zhou Zhu, Fei Sheng and other old officials; More importantly, the cold door that has just emerged has been suppressed again. And after Lu Defu Fa, who else can succeed the Ministry of Commerce? However, if you do not follow the law and undermine the legal system yourself, I am afraid that it will cause even more serious consequences

Therefore, after thinking about it repeatedly, Pei Gai planned to cite the example of later generations and let Luther turn into a "tainted witness" in exchange for a soft sentence. So he ordered Luther to be detained and interrogated severely, and if all the unscrupulous businessmen who colluded with him could be confessed, he could be spared from death and temporarily demoted to a city dan, that is, to serve a prison sentence of hard labor.

After the attendant dragged Luther down, Pei Gai asked Pei Wei: "Who should succeed him as the Ministry of Commerce?" Pei Wei recommended a few people, all of whom were scholars from the middle and upper classes, which did not meet Pei Gai's intentions at all☆ In the end, Pei should say: "The affairs of Shang Jia should also be managed by Shang Jia - if there is no Shang Hongyang, Han Wu'an can have enough food to use troops in the north?" ”

In fact, Sang Hongyang looted the people's wealth for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, although the treasury was once full, but most of the offerings were for the dry up and fishing schemes, but the domestic commerce shrank. But the problem is that Sang Hongyang's politics and the evil of the monarch are mainly aimed at making money for Emperor Wu, and if Emperor Wu himself knows that business cannot be abolished and pays more attention to long-term interests, maybe Sang Hongyang's strategy will be completely different. After all, Sang Hongyang is a businessman, and only he knows how to deal with businessmen - whether it is good or malicious.

Pei should still be interested in Yu Ling, Pei Wei couldn't help frowning and said: "But Yu Ziyu has no eunuch intentions" That guy is a good official and businessman, and he is making money every day, how can he leave his industry and come to Chang'an to sit on the council? Pei Gai smiled slightly, leaned closer, and said to Pei Wei: "Luther's crime, tried by his uncle, can be conspired, and if Yu Ziyu is slightly involved, he naturally does not dare to refuse." ”

Pei Wei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, looked up at Pei Gai's expression, and was extremely serious, so he arched his hand and said, "It's like respecting life." ”

I heard Pei Gai pause, and then said: "Guanzhong's political affairs are gradually on the right track, like the sunrise and snow disappearing, spring returning to the earth, and natural insects breeding-in a certain thought, how can it be more than a Luther?" If the ants are not removed, the embankment will collapse, so how can we not prevent it from getting rid of it and rectify it at any time? What does my uncle think? ”

Corrupt officials and corrupt officials can never be killed, don't think that only Luther from a low background will break the law, and those who are born from scholars are innocent. Pei Gai meant, taking advantage of this time to find out Luther's crimes, it is better to take the opportunity to set off a campaign to stir up corruption and rectification.

His purpose is that there will be a change in the situation in the world—either the ancestor will be completely wiped out, or he will take that last step—the more he should clean up the inside, purify the ranks, and nip all unstable factors in the bud as much as possible; Second, aren't you too idle to want to arch me to the top? I'll find you some more things to do.

Pei Gai proposed that Pei Wei and Song should take overall responsibility, and ordered Liu Kui and Chen Cheng to carry out the specific implementation and conduct a comprehensive review of the various departments of Xingtai and the subordinate counties and counties, in order to reward diligence and dig out more silverfish.

Its intention was dignified and upright, and Pei Wei was naturally inconvenient to stop it, so he had to respond to Nuo Nuo. After talking about this matter, Pei Gaifang asked about the battle situation in Xingyang, and Pei Wei said: "There is an urgent report from Fang, and Zu Gong has transferred the power department to Luo."

When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help but wonder, so he asked: "Didn't Zu Shizhi leave his son Zu Lian to guard the capital, why do you want to adjust the sheng gong again?" ”

Pei Wei replied: "Because he ordered Zu Lian to lead the Chinese army to cross north and go to Hanoi to aid Li Shihui." "As for the specific situation on the front line, what is Zu Ti's true intentions, the relevant information has not yet been transmitted.

Pei Cai thought about it for a while, and had already understood his intentions ☆ Occupy half of Hanoi, and confronted the Qiang army for many years, there was no need for reinforcements, but Zu Ti was in a hurry to order Zu Lian to go, so there were only two possibilities: first, Shi Le attacked Xingyang Buke, and planned to change the main attack target, but to increase troops to Hanoi; Second, Shile was forced to transfer Hanoi troops and horses south to Xingyang, so Zu Ti felt that this was a great opportunity to break through the enemy's Hanoi defense line.

So Tao Kan was urgently summoned to come to discuss, and Pei Gai said: "Originally, the battle was in Xingyang, but now it is divided into two directions, Hanoi and Yang, and the offensive and defensive trends are different. And if Shile mainly attacks Hanoi, he is afraid that Li Shihui will not be able to send troops to reinforce Shihui. ”

Pei Gai's Guanzhong army is the backing of Zu Ti, and it can go east to reinforce at any time, but the problem is that if it comes to Xingyang, it must pass through Luoyang, which will inevitably cause people to take the opportunity to seize power and weaken the Zujia army; And if Hanoi is reinforced, there will be no such problem.

In the end, it was agreed that Lu He was ordered to lead a brigade to Hedong and march to Dongyuan - Dongyuan County is currently in the hands of Li Ju's nephew Guo Xu, but theoretically it should be under the control of Guanzhong Xingtai, and he should go to greet Guo Yu first, so that he can protect Dongyuan, so that Guo Yu can reinforce Uncle Nai without worries, and even if Li Ju needs it, Lu He's troops can cross Wangwu Mountain and join the battlefield in Hanoi within five days.

And if Guo Yu refused to accept it, Li Ju did not allow it, Lu He retreated to Anyi to garrison, and then decided to stop according to the changes in the situation in the east.

After determining the following omission, the secretary is ordered to write the text. Pei Cai took the opportunity to glance at Pei Wei and said slowly: "It's really beyond our expectations, Zu Shizhi actually summoned Sheng Gong to enter Beijing, Zeshi Zhi believed me so deeply, how could I carry it?" Raccoon dogs, untrustworthy people, can't stand in the world - what does my uncle think? ”

Pei Wei was a little sneering on his face, and said perfunctorily: "That's natural" Pei should look at his expression, knowing that Pei Tong really didn't—at least not—convey his thoughts to Pei Wei, well, I have a chance to have an in-depth conversation with this uncle, and maybe my father-in-law.